Egg-carrier.



J. LUNKE.

EGG CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY13.1908.

930,773 I Patented Aug. 1.0, 1909.

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JOHN LUNKnor VRETT, WASHINGTON.

'EGG-CARRIER.

.in-the county of Snohomish and State of Washington, have invented a newand useful Egg-Carrier, of which the following is a speciieation.

The invention relates to improvements in f: eggcarriers.

i The object ofthe present invention is to improve the construction ofegg carriers, and to, provide a simple and inexpensive egg carrier,designed for use by-grocers in delivering eggs to customers, and adaptedto enable eggs to be readily and quickly transferred from the carrier toa tray without lia- .bility of breaking the eggs.

W ith these and other vobjects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any oi' the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspective view lof an egg carrier,constructed in accordance with this invention, the collapsible egg traycover' being removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, the eggcarrier being inverted for transferring the eggs from the carrier to thepaper tray. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, the egg carrier beingin an. upright position. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the cornersof the collapsible paper tray, illustrating the manner of connectingtlie'sidcs and end walls thereof.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in Iall the.figures of the drawing'.

1 designates a rectangular Acase, designed to be constructed of wood, orother suitable material and composed of sides 2, ends 3 and a bottom 4.The egg carrier may be constructed of different sizes, and the ease 1,which is constructed et' a size toreceive a dozen eggs, is provided inits side and end walls with vertical groovcs and 6 for the reception oflongitudinal and transverse members 7 and 8 of a filler. y

The iiller is designed tovbe constructed of paper, or other suitablematerial and the terminals of the longitudinal and transverse'speciseation cf Letters Patent." l. Application filed May 13, 19U8.Serial No. 432,713.

Patented Aug, 1o, ieee.

upper sides at 9 and l() to rovide a space for the sides and ends of'aco lapsible combined paper tray and cover 11, are retained in thegrooves 5 and 6 by means of screws 12, piercing the end walls of thecasing and engaging vthe terminals of the longitudinal members f thefiller. tached by withdrawing the screws 12 from engagement with thelongitudinal members ol' the iller. The filler, which forms pockets orcells for the reception of the eggs, is arranged upon a false bottom 13,constructed of paper, or other suitable material and supported bytransverse cleats 14, arranged at intervals and located beneath thetransverse members of the iiller. The false bottom 13 is lprovided atthe center of thel pockets or cel with openings 15, forming seats .forthe points of the eggs, and the bottom 4 of the case is also providedwith lopenings 16, located directly beneath the openings of the falsebottom.

The paper tray, which is collapsible to enable a large number of traysto be compact-ly stored in a small space, has the terminals of ,members7 and 8, which are beveled at their y The iiller may bev de-l its endsbent inwardly to overlap the terminals of the sides, and theoverlapping'portions 17 are provided with tongues 18, extending throughslots 19 of the sides and having enlarged portions for engaging theinte# rior of the tray. The side and end walls of the tray are adaptedto be quickly connected together for use, as will be readily understood.

The tapered upper portion of the iiier is adapted to receive the tray inan inverted positron, the tray being 'adapted to form a I cover for theegg carrier and being retained in place by a siidablelocking spring,conipesed oi spaced sides 20, an intermediate connectingvportion 21 andan end connecting portion 22. T besides 20 are arranged in exteriorhorizontal guide gi'oove s 23,llocated a short distance below the u peredges of the side walls of the case, and tl}1)e connecting end portion.22 is arranged at the front end of the case and is provided at thecenter with an outwardly bowed portion24, forming a handie or grip andadapted vto be readily grasped for drawing the frame outwardly to carrythe intermediate transverse portion V21 to the iront end of the case todisengage the said intermediate connecting portion from the tray Theintermediate connecting portion, which extends across the to p of theegg carrier, has

downwardly bent terminals 25, which are secured to the sides 20 of theslidable frame at points intermediate of the ends thereof, and

when it is desired to remove the eggs from "the carrier, the latter isinverted to permit lifted oft the tray leaving the eggs thereon.

As `the connecting handle portion is located at the front of the case,the egg carrier is .adapted to loe 'placed in a horizontal positiofnupon the supporting surface in removing the eggs, and the hand does nothave to be l5 placed beneath the tray to effect this result. The outwardmovementof the slidable frame is limited by stops consisting of staples26, secured to the side walls 2 adjacent to the front ends thereof andstraddling the sides of the elidable frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 'lofthe drawing.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what 'l c Letters Patent, is

1. An egg carrier including an egg case, a filler arranged within thecase, a slidable locking frame composed of vsides located eX- teriorlyof the sides of the case, a handle connecting the sides of the frame andextending across one end of the case and arranged to aim as new anddesire to secure hy cfrra engage the same to limit the inward movementof the frame, a transverse engaging member connecting the sides of theframe at an intermediate point, and securing means forthe framereceiving the sides thereof and arranged in the path ol the transversebar for limiting the outward movement of the ,frame 2. An egg carrierincluding a ease provided with opposite guide grooves, a-iiller arrangedwithm the case, a locking frame composed of sides slidable in thegrooves, a transverse engaging member connected with the sides of theframe at oints intermediate of the ends thereof, am a front end memberalsoconnecting the sides and located below the plane of the upper edgesof the case and rovided with a bowed ortion forming a `1andle, andstaples stra dling the sides of the frame and arranged to be engaged bythe intermediate transverse member thereof to limit the outwardmovementof the frame.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own,-I have hereto alixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN LUNKE.

